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Merlinsky: The Sorcerer's Apprentice, by Alan C. Baird

Imagine the Lord of the Rings
meets Harry Potter and they go back to the future. Based on the Arthurian legend
and the ancient folklore myth of the sorcerer's apprentice.

Synopsis:
The endless hordes of Hollywood tourists in the late 1940's are easy marks
for a con-man magician like Harry Merlinsky. He knows how to sucker the rubes
and flash the ol' hamster-outta-the-fedora every now and then, to baffle 'em
and dazzle 'em. But he didn't expect a naive fan like Jake, who wants to
learn Harry's Old Knowledge - "real" magic. Harry's archenemy obliterates Jake's
girlfriend, forcing Jake to become a wizard, just to stay alive. Will Jake use
his newfound powers for vengeance? The timeless myth of the Sorcerer's Apprentice
unfolds against the backdrop of the Magic Castle and the Hollywoodland
sign.

Lineage: 12th-century folklore myths begat The Sorcerer's Apprentice
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, which begat a tone poem by composer Paul Dukás,
which begat Disney's Fantasia, which inspired Merlinsky, a magical action-adventure.
[Completed before the Nicolas Cage film was released, and radically
different.]